CVE-2008-4685 Use after free in n/a
Remote attackers can crash Wireshark via crafted Q.931 packets due to a use-after-free error in the dissector.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2008-4685?
CVE-2008-4685 is a medium-severity use after free vulnerability in Wireshark Wireshark, published on 22 Oct 2008. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Use-after-free vulnerability in the dissect_q931_cause_ie function in packet-q931.c in the Q.931 dissector in Wireshark 0.10.3 through 1.0.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash or abort) via certain packets that trigger an exception.
Weakness: CWE-399
Which versions are affected by CVE-2008-4685?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Wireshark Wireshark.
How do I fix CVE-2008-4685?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade to the fixed version. These bugs are found with fuzzing and sanitisers and avoided by memory-safe languages. More about Use after free.
Is CVE-2008-4685 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2008-4685 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Wireshark Wireshark
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2008-4685, GHSA-pjjj-jx9c-m2q5.